Unit Two Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Growing u ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio 4. New Years Eve Video Watching 4 New Year's Eve is the last day of the calendar year, or December 31 in the Gregorian calendar(PH B1). Since most of Warm-up Questions the world uses this calendar new years eve is celebrated Listen and Think around the globe Celebrations on this night typically include going to parties Background Information or gathering in public places. One of the most famous gatherings occurs at Times Square in New York City. At 11: 59: 00 p. m, a six-foot shimmering ball (actually an apple)is lowered 70 feet in sixty seconds. When the apple reaches its destination at midnight, bells ring, confetti(彩色纸屑) is tossed, and everybody shouts " Happy New Year!" This tradition began in 1907 after New York City outlawed firecrackers for New Year's Eve. The lowering of the ball is followed by the singing of "Auld Lang Syne and drinking a toast to the new year 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
4. New Year’s Eve Background Information Video Watching Listen and Think Warm-up Questions New Year’s Eve is the last day of the calendar year, or December 31 in the Gregorian calendar (阳历). Since most of the world uses this calendar, New Year’s Eve is celebrated around the globe. Celebrations on this night typically include going to parties or gathering in public places. One of the most famous gatherings occurs at Times Square in New York City. At 11:59:00 p.m., a six-foot shimmering ball (actually an apple) is lowered 70 feet in sixty seconds. When the apple reaches its destination at midnight, bells ring, confetti (彩色纸屑) is tossed, and everybody shouts “Happy New Year!” This tradition began in 1907 after New York City outlawed firecrackers for New Year’s Eve. The lowering of the ball is followed by the singing of “Auld Lang Syne” and drinking a toast to the new year
Unit Two Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Growing u ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio 5. Auld Lang Syne Auld Lang Syne Video Watching Should auld acquaintance be forgot Warm-up Questions and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot Listen and Think and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my friends, Background Information for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne Aw The song, "Auld Lang Syne, "playing in the background, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. At least partially written by Robert Bums in the 1700s, it was first published in 1796 after Burns death. Early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern rendition An old Scotch tune, Auld Lang Syne literally means"old long ago, or simply, the good old days 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Background Information Video Watching Listen and Think Warm-up Questions 5. “Auld Lang Syne” The song, “Auld Lang Syne,” playing in the background, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. At least partially written by Robert Burns in the 1700s, it was first published in 1796 after Burns’ death. Early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern rendition. An old Scotch tune, “Auld Lang Syne” literally means “old long ago,” or simply, “the good old days.” Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my friends, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne
Unit Two Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Growing u ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Directions: Fill in the table below with relevant information from the text about the writer ' s attitude towards his father Be Table Completion sure to make use of the clues from the text Time The writer's attitude Clues from the text Matching towards his father that indicate the attitude Questions and Answers When the The writer respected ◆ He was glad to be writer his father very much surrounded by his was a and he was proud of classmates because he child having such a good was Doctor Eppley's father son.(Para. 2 ◆ He beamed when people compared him to his father.(Para. 2) 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Directions: Fill in the table below with relevant information from the text about the writer’s attitude towards his father. Be Table Completion sure to make use of the clues from the text. Matching Questions and Answers Time The writer’s attitude towards his father Clues from the text that indicate the attitude The writer respected his father very much and he was proud of having such a good father. When the writer was a child ◆He was glad to be surrounded by his classmates because he was Doctor Eppley’s son. (Para. 2) ◆He beamed when people compared him to his father. (Para. 2)
Unit Two Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Growing u Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Time The writer's attitude Clues from the text towards his father that indicate the attitude Table Completion When The writer became + He was unhappy when Matching the defiant(挑衅的) and people referred to him as writer rebellious and he Doctor Eppley's son, and he was a Questions and Answers wanted to be told them that he was harold teenager independent and could manage well on his own(Paras. 3&4) CHe started to call his father Sam"and did not stop doing so even after he knew this bothered his father(Paras. 4-8) C He went to a university fa away from home to escape from his father's good name.(Para. 9) 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Table Completion Matching Questions and Answers Time The writer’s attitude towards his father Clues from the text that indicate the attitude When the writer was a teenager The writer became defiant (挑衅的) and rebellious and he wanted to be independent. ◆He was unhappy when people referred to him as Doctor Eppley’s son, and he told them that he was Harold and could manage well on his own. (Paras. 3 & 4) ◆He started to call his father “Sam” and did not stop doing so even after he knew this bothered his father. (Paras. 4–8) ◆He went to a university far away from home to escape from his father’s good name. (Para. 9)
Unit Two Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Growing u ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Time The writer's attitude Clues from the text towards his father that indicate the attitude Table Completion After the The writer was C He hugged his father at the car Matching grateful to his father New Year's party and accident and he respected his thanked him sincerely.(Para Questions and Answers father even more 31) ◆ He called his father“Dad instead of“sam.”(Para.31) 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Table Completion Matching Questions and Answers Time The writer’s attitude towards his father Clues from the text that indicate the attitude After the car accident The writer was grateful to his father and he respected his father even more. ◆He hugged his father at the New Year’s party and thanked him sincerely. (Para. 31) ◆He called his father “Dad” instead of “Sam.” (Para. 31)